Seaborn Jones Bell

In 1860 he was a 22 year old planter with 3 slaves in Burke County, GA. He enlisted in Waynesboro, GA on 26 April 1861 and mustered in Augusta, GA on 2 May as 3rd Sergeant of Company A, 3rd Georgia Infantry. He was elected Junior 2nd Lieutenant on 1 July 1862 and was wounded at Malvern Hill, VA on 1 July.

He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was wounded again, in the left leg, at Gettysburg, PA on 2 July 1863 and his leg was amputated. He was in hospitals in Richmond, VA to 10 August 1863 then sent home disabled for further service. He was surrendered and paroled at Augusta, GA on 18 May 1865.

By 1880 he was supervisory Clerk of Court at Waynesboro in Burke County, GA and was a farmer there in 1900.

His basic service from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. He's also on a Sharpsburg casualty list in the Richmond (VA) Enquirer of 17 October 1862. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860, 1880, and 1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave, source also of an excellent post-war photograph.

He married Sarah Catherine Quinn (1842-1876) in November 1856 and they had 6 children. He married again, Lucy C Lovett (1857-1949) in April 1878 and they had 3 more.

01/25/1837 in GA

08/02/1901; Waynesboro, GA; burial in Old Church Cemetery, Waynesboro, GA